Stopper for bottles.



No. 665,555. Patented Jan. 8, I901. A. Frsoock.

v STUPPER FUR BOTTLES.

(Application'flled Jan. 12, 1900 (.No Model.)

WITNESSES IIVVEIVTOI? ATTORNEYS UNTTEn STATES.

PATENT QFFICE.

AUGUST F. BOOOK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STOPPER FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,565, dated January8, 1901.

Application filed January 12, 1900. Serial No. 1,187. (No model.)

To ctZl whom it ntay concern.-

Be it known that LAUGUST F. BOOOK,a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, (Brooklyn,) in the countyof Kings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoppers forBottles, of which the following is a full and complete specification,such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to stoppers for bottles and similar receptacles;and the object thereof is to provide a bottle-stopper with deviceswhereby the withdrawal or extraction thereof from the bottle isfacilitated.

My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of partshereinafter specified.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich like reference characters denote corresponding parts in theseveral views, Figure l is a top plan view of a stopper constructedaccording to my invention; Fig. 2, a bottom plan view thereof; Fig. 3, avertical section thereof on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a similarsection on the line 4 at of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 a side view thereof.

In the practice of my invention I provide a stopper-body 6, consistingof cork, wood, or other suitable material and preferably in the form ofa truncated cone, as shown in the drawings. The stopper-body 6 isprovided at the top with a transverse plate 7, the end portions 7 ofwhich are bent downwardly and sunk into the cork body, as shown in thedrawing. A strand 8 of wire or similar material is looped centrallyabove the plate 7 at 8 and the ends thereof are passed divergentlydownwardly through the stopper-body at 8", emerging therefrom at 8, fromwhich points at either side of the stopper-body said ends are carrieddownwardly exteriorly of the stopper-body and in engagement therewith at8, passed upon the bottom of the stopper at S and twisted togethercentrally thereof at 8. The extreme end portions of the wire 8 are thenlaterally projected at 8 at right angles to the portions 8 and sunk intothe stopper-body at 8. The portions 8 firmly secure the wire 8 at thebottom of the stopper-body, and the portions 8 ,'which passtherethrough, firmly secure the wire at the upper portions of thestopper-body.

The stopper is seated in the neck of the bottle or other receptacle inthe customary manner, and the portion thereof above the transverse planein which at 8 the wire 8 emerges from the cork body bears snugly againstthe bottle-neck and forms an air and liquid tight closure therefor. Whenit is desired to remove the stopper fromthe bottleneck, a fork-tine orother suitable implement is passed between the plate 7 and the loopedportion 8 of the wire, and strain is imposed upon said looped portion toextract the stopper. Strain thus exerted operates upon the stopperthrough the portions 8 and 8 of the wire, which are held in fixedrelation by the end portions 8 thereof, and the cork is thus positivelyextracted. It is furthermore evident that the greater the strain imposedupon the wire 8 the closer will it become engaged with thestopper-body." The plate 7 provides a firm bearing-surface for theextracting implement and prevents the destruction of the cork thereby.

I do not limit myself to the specific construction and arrangement ofparts herein specified, but reserve the right to vary the same withinthe scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A stopper of the class described, comprising a bodymember or stopper proper, and an extracting member which consists ofwire or similar material which is connected therewith, said wire beingformed into an open loop exteriorly of said body member at apredetermined point, the ends of which loop project into the body memberor stopper proper, the said loop being adapted to receive an extractingimplement,and an impenetrable.

plate connected with said body member between the same and the sides ofthe said looped portion of the wire, whereby the extracting implementmay be guided over an unobstructed and impenetrable surface beneath saidloop, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 10th day ofJanuary, 1900.

AUGUST F. BOOCK.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, O. 0. Owen.

